One Dead, Several Hurt In 295 Crash

Maryland State Police are investigating after a woman was killed in a three vehicle crash in on the Baltimore Washington Parkway (Rt. 295) near the Harbor Tunnel Thruway on Friday.

The crash took place at around 3 p.m.

Troopers say 41-year-old Katherine Grooms of Fort Washington was driving southbound on the parkway, when for some reason her car veered across the median and struck a box truck. That box truck flipped over and hit a second car. Two other vehicles were struck by flying debris.

Grooms was taken to Shock Trauma, where she later died. Her 9-year-old-son Stephen and one-month-old son Gabril, who were both riding in the car, were injured. They are being treated at Hopkins Children's hospital.

The truck driver, 50-year-old Eric House of Severn, was taken to Harbor Hospital for treatment.

The driver of the second car, 33-year-old Joshua Rankin of Lanham was not hurt. His three children riding in the car, ages 5, 8 and 10, were taken to St. Agnes Hospital for treatment.

The crash shut down the travel lanes Baltimore Washington Parkway for four hours. Traffic was able to pass by the scene on the shoulder of the road.